Hurmoth Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I know it isn't secure, but it is the best thing I have right now, so, here it goes... I need to be able to run a file as an admin in a batch file (i.e. runas /u:Administrator "%blahblah%.exe"). The runas command built into Windows doesn't support this, but I know I've seen apps that do support this. Anyone know of any that are free? Remember, the entire thing is command line. Thanks for the help :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom1981 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 I know it isn't secure, but it is the best thing I have right now, so, here it goes...I need to be able to run a file as an admin in a batch file (i.e. runas /u:Administrator "%blahblah%.exe"). The runas command built into Windows doesn't support this, but I know I've seen apps that do support this. Anyone know of any that are free? Remember, the entire thing is command line. Thanks for the help :D Hmm I dont have any free utilities. We use the program run as professional here and it does command line and batch file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Well, it doesn't really have to be free, but $400+ isn't really an option for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted August 8, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 8, 2008 Is this what your looking for -- it allows password on the command line http://www.softtreetech.com/24x7/archive/53.htm Not sure if its free or not - but you can download from this page, and it seems to run just fine, etc. edit: Here is some info you might be interested in as well http://www.commandline.co.uk/sanur/ Free Runas Alternatives * CPAU Runas alternative supporting encoded passwords. * LSrunas/LSRunase Console based Runas alternatives, the latter supports encoded passwords. * AutoIt (v3) Scripting language for automating the Windows GUI. * SuperExec GUI that encrypts passwords using Windows cryptography API's BTW the AutoIT would get my vote --- its a tool any admin should have access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Thanks BudMan, that's exactly what I'm looking for (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 RunasSPC with do this, or you can encrypt the file so that the password is encrypted. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloa...ppowertoys.mspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted August 10, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 10, 2008 RunasSPC is not a powertoy.. here is the link to that tool http://www.robotronic.de/runasspc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XgD Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 runas /savecred will do it if you only need to save one password. XgD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted August 10, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 10, 2008 ^ the problem is that is with /savecred they can run "anything" they want with those credentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 RunasSPC is not a powertoy.. here is the link to that toolhttp://www.robotronic.de/runasspc/ How the heck did my copy/paste not work? :unsure: Thanks for noticing. (Y) It's a great tool for scripted deploys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XgD Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 ^ the problem is that is with /savecred they can run "anything" they want with those credentials. But if the other option is to have the password in plaintext in the batch file, this isn't really an issue? XgD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 But if the other option is to have the password in plaintext in the batch file, this isn't really an issue?XgD Or use the solution where it isn't. Like mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grogi Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 I have positive experience with lsrunas. Bad side: you have exposed password in batch file. Good side: Users doesn't know what is batch file and how to edit it. Also, what they can do with admin pass :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted August 12, 2008 MVC Share Posted August 12, 2008 But if the other option is to have the password in plaintext in the batch file But there were many options give than allow you to encode/encrypt the password so that its not plain text, or you could turn the batch into an exe so they can not clearly read the password, etc.There are other ways to obscure the password in a batch file, /savecred is cut and dry the user can run anything they want without even knowing anything just click use saved credentials. Off the top a simple method would be to just turn your batch file with the commands in it to a exe. XP comes with the tool IExpress that can do this. Or you use one of the many free batch to exe converters out there, etc.. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janger Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 +Budman's right. AutoIt makes this easy (for XP anyway): ; Are we already admin? If Not IsAdmin() Then RunAsSet($CmdLine[1],'' , $CmdLine[2]) Run( $CmdLine[3] ) Exit EndIf Save this script as BatchRunAs.au3 (or whatever) and compile it to an executable with Aut2Exe. Then in the batch file just add the line BatchRunAs.exe <Username> <Password> Command If required the username, password and the program to be run can all be hard coded (change the CmdLine[] parameters in the above script), before converting to an exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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